
{"id":21122,"date":"2011-09-29T12:36:23","date_gmt":"2011-09-29T16:36:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.carrborocitizen.com\/main\/?p=21122"},"modified":"2011-09-29T12:36:24","modified_gmt":"2011-09-29T16:36:24","slug":"residents-speak-out-against-charterwood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/2011\/09\/29\/residents-speak-out-against-charterwood\/","title":{"rendered":"Residents speak out against Charterwood"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure id=\"attachment_21123\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21123\" style=\"width: 450px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carrborocitizen.com\/main\/2011\/09\/29\/residents-speak-out-against-charterwood\/charterwood092911\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-21123\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carrborocitizen.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Charterwood092911.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Charterwood092911\" width=\"450\" height=\"291\" class=\"size-full wp-image-21123\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Charterwood092911.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Charterwood092911-113x73.jpg 113w, https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Charterwood092911-150x97.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Charterwood092911-100x64.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-21123\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A rendering of the proposed Charterwood development. Rendering courtesy of Radway Design Associates<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\n<strong>By Susan Dickson <\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Staff Writer<\/em><br \/>\nCHAPEL HILL \u00e2\u20ac\u201c\u00c2\u00a0Citing concerns about buffers, building heights and flooding, a number of residents spoke in opposition to a plan for Charterwood, a mixed-use development proposed for Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, at a Chapel Hill Town Council public hearing on Monday. <\/p>\n<p>The proposed project includes six buildings with up to 154 condominiums and townhomes and 73,000 square feet of office and retail space on 15.7 acres at 1641 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., just south of Weaver Dairy Road. <\/p>\n<p>The tallest building is proposed to be six stories, or 78 feet tall, about the same height as Aloft Hotel in East 54. The Chapel Hill Planning Board voted 7-1 to recommend approval of the project, but only if the maximum height was reduced to 54 feet. <\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Besides my concerns about safety, flooding and pollution, I worry about buffers and building heights,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d said Northwoods neighborhood resident Serge Zwikker. <\/p>\n<p>Zwikker said that because of the slope of the neighborhood, the buildings in the development would appear much taller than their actual height.<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Both [of the tallest] buildings would clearly tower over the homes in our neighborhood,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d he said. <\/p>\n<p>Several residents said the project isn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t needed, citing an abundance of nearby vacant office and retail space, as well as homes for sale. In addition, residents of Tremont Circle, which backs up to the property, said the proposed buffer between their homes and the project was too small. <\/p>\n<p>Del Snow, chair of the planning board, said she was the lone planning board vote against the project because she did not believe it conformed to the town\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s comprehensive plan. <\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153I did not feel that the principle of preserving and protecting neighborhoods was upheld,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d she said. <\/p>\n<p>Several council members said they too were concerned about the height of the buildings. <\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153I think it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s really important to consider how tall these buildings are, all of them \u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 with regards to how they tower over the neighborhood and what they look like as you drive up MLK,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d council member Laurin Easthom said. <\/p>\n<p>Council member Matt Czajkowski agreed. <\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Aesthetic impact is an absolutely vital element of any development like this,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d he said. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t see how any council \u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 can possibly endorse this development, despite any of the other arguments against it, without a very, very clear understanding of what the visual impact will be.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d <\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153We can\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t have another East 54,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d he added. <\/p>\n<p>Because neighbors have presented a valid protest petition, the project will require a three-quarters majority of council votes for approval. <\/p>\n<p>A protest petition must have valid signatures of owners of 5 percent of the land area within the 100-foot buffer of the proposed rezoning. The petition presented by neighbors of the project represents owners of 43 percent of the property within that buffer. <\/p>\n<p>The council will revisit the proposal at a meeting in November.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A number of residents spoke in opposition to a plan for Charterwood, a mixed-use development proposed for MLK. 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